Bacterium-based Mobile Bionanosensor Networks for Target Tracking: A Biologically Realistic Model

Yutaka Okaie; Tadashi Nakano; Takuya Obuchi; Takahiro Hara; Shojiro Nishio

8th International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies (formerly BIONETICS)

Research Article

Bacterium-based Mobile Bionanosensor Networks for Target Tracking: A Biologically Realistic Model

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bict.2014.257849,
    author={Yutaka Okaie and Tadashi Nakano and Takuya Obuchi and Takahiro Hara and Shojiro Nishio},
    title={Bacterium-based Mobile Bionanosensor Networks for Target Tracking: A Biologically Realistic Model},
    proceedings={8th International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies (formerly BIONETICS)},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BICT},
    year={2015},
    month={2},
    keywords={target tracking molecular communication nanonetwork collective behavior chemotaxis},
    doi={10.4108/icst.bict.2014.257849}
}

Yutaka Okaie
Tadashi Nakano
Takuya Obuchi
Takahiro Hara
Shojiro Nishio
Year: 2015
Bacterium-based Mobile Bionanosensor Networks for Target Tracking: A Biologically Realistic Model
BICT
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bict.2014.257849

Yutaka Okaie¹, Tadashi Nakano¹^,*, Takuya Obuchi¹, Takahiro Hara¹, Shojiro Nishio¹

1: Osaka University

*Contact email: tadasi.nakano@fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp

Abstract

This paper uses a biologically realistic model of chemotactic bacteria to design and evaluate a bacterium-based mobile bionanosensor network for tracking a moving target. The bacterium-based bionanosensor starts releasing chemoattractant, upon detecting a target, to create the concentration gradient of chemoattractant around the target. It also shows chemotactic responses to the concentration gradient to move toward the higher concentration of chemoattractant. Computer simulation results show that a group of bionanosensors collectively performs target tracking, demonstrating feasibiity that such bionanosensors can be designed from chemo- tactic bacteria.

Keywords: target tracking molecular communication nanonetwork collective behavior chemotaxis

Published: 2015-02-02
Publisher: ICST
Appears in: ACM Digital Library

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.bict.2014.257849